How to make Shanghai fried shrimps in oil?

Oil-fried shrimp is a famous Han dish, belonging to Shanghai cuisine or Zhejiang cuisine. Usually small and medium-sized shrimps are used and fried in rapeseed oil in a high-heat pan. After cooking, the shrimps are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The shrimp shells are bright red and crispy, and they fall off as soon as you touch them. The shrimp meat is tender, slightly sweet and sour, and has a unique flavor.

Prepare ingredients:

1 catty shrimp

3 slices ginger

1 green onion

Half a pinch of salt spoon

Half spoon of light soy sauce

1 spoon of cooking wine

Half spoon of sugar

Adequate amount of chicken essence

Method steps :

1. Prepare materials. 2. Cut the ginger into white and green slices. 3. Use a toothpick to pass between the first to last section and the second to last section of the shrimp body, lift up to break the shrimp line, then pinch the broken thread end and stretch out the shrimp line. 4. Cut off the shrimp gun, shrimp whiskers and shrimp legs from the processed shrimp at a time; clean them and drain them. 5. Put an appropriate amount of oil in the pot, almost covering the shrimp body, and fry the drained shrimp. 6. Fry until the shrimp shells are slightly separated from the meat and the shell is very crispy; take out the shrimps and drain the oil. 7. Leave an appropriate amount of shrimp oil in the pot, add ginger slices and scallions and saute until fragrant. 8. Add the fried shrimps and stir-fry. 9. Add salt, sugar, cooking wine, chicken essence, light soy sauce, and half a cup of water (or stock), bring to a boil over high heat to reduce the juice, and stir-fry quickly so that the shrimp meat will be fresh and tender when eaten. Not too old. 10. Turn off the heat, sprinkle with green onions, stir-fry briefly and serve. 11. Shanghainese people tend to prefer desserts, so they will add more sugar. The specific amount of seasoning can be increased or decreased according to your own taste. Don't add too much light soy sauce, otherwise it will affect the color of the finished product.